For Xc I I was typically between 50-55 miles a week as a junior and senior during the season. In the summer I was in the low 60s for a while and 67 for one week.
In the winter I ran about 40-50 miles a week and usually at most 45 during track.
My prs ended up being 9:35 4:28 and 16:00 do you think I was doing less or more than the average person to run these times?
Looks about average to me. High mileage for a high schooler would be around 75+ MPW and low mileage would be around 30 MPW or less.
two angles to look at:
1. If you don't have speed -- slow 400m--or haven't done the workouts to develop speed, then what you did looks about right.
As you head to college--I'm guessing you intend to go--and you are a walk-on, you could develop and run some pretty good times as you get older and stronger (difference between 18 and 22 years of age).
2. If you have speed--and you haven't discussed your 400m or 800m times---then I think you ran too much in HS and should not increase the mileage in college.
If the coach wants runners up in 70-80 mile range, or more, I would be hesitant to follow that doctrine. I was fast, and I trained with some runners who were well known in track circles, and that kind of mileage is often frowned upon, because the legs are "too dead" to run sharp times in intervals.
One thing is almost for certain: the college coach will have the runners do more intervals that you experienced in HS, and at faster paces.
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